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    Hen pecking.

    We have six 15 month old hens. Over the past couple of weeks we've noticed a hen that seemed to be pecked at..missing neck and lower back feathers. Now it looks like she's getting all of them and that original hen is far worse than the others. I've been watching her in the run over the past...
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    No eggs for almost a week?!

    Trying to figure out if this is just normal or if there is something going on. We have 6 hens (10 months) and were getting 4-5 eggs per day throughout the fall. 1-2 per day the past month and a half and then it all stopped almost a week ago. Our Wyandotte looked like he was molting in the neck...
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    Wont lay in nesting box...

    Our chicks are 17 weeks and we got our first egg last week! When she laid (in the 5inches of pine shaving on the coop floor) we had the nesting boxes but nothing on the floor of them. That night we added hay and it looks like shes moving around the hay in the box but then going back out and...
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    Roo?

    Thanks everyone. He was definitely a rooster! Fortunately, a co-worker of mine needed a new rooster for his flock. He's now free ranging on a lot more land than we had. We have six other girls, so we're sad, but we still have enough chicks.
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    Roo?

    He is beautiful and he isn't super aggressive (yet) but our town laws say no roosters. I'm a little sad to have to give him up tho.
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    Roo?

    Our girls are 16 weeks old today and just this morning we heard a couple of cock-a-doodle-do's! We have a giant Wyandotte that has always pecked us more (just the other day it unexpectedly took a bite of my leg?). Assuming he's the rooster but can't be 100% at this point. Here's a pic of our 2...
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    Going Outside/Heat Lamp

    Our chicks will be 4 weeks old on Friday. Its still chilly here in NJ, so I'm wondering when they can make their first trip outside for a little bit? Its supposed to be 50 tomorrow.. is that still too cold for a half hour or so in the yard? Also, we've been moving our heat lamp higher and...
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